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Mantis ootheca - Stagmomantis carolina

Mantis ootheca - Stagmomantis carolina
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
February 15, 2009
Size: 10mm (3/8")
Not sure what this is, or was. Did something emerge from this or is it still in there? I didn't tear into it to see.
Found attached to the underside of a rock.

Please help with ID.

Moved
Moved from Stagmomantis.

Moved
Moved from Mantids.

Stagmomantis sp.
This ootheca appear to be of the Stagmomantis sp.

Base on the venting seam, this ootheca has already hatched out and is empty.

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